Lots of Finns here, and they use Aspen for the seats. No splinters, lower
temp on your tush as you sit.
Be sure all fasteners are covered!
"Wolf Lahti" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] (Tommco) wrote:
> >
> > In two days I'm going to buy sauna. I've heard that I can choose sauna
> > walls to be made of aspen or nordic spruce. Which is better?
> > What king of wood is better for seats: abache or aspen?
> >
>
> First of all, don't buy a sauna - build one.
>
> My research says that most Finnish saunas use Nordic White Spruce for
> the walls.
>
> Abache is the choice of the well-monied for benches, as its speciifc
> heat makes for a more comfortable seat - but I don't have the bucks for
> that, so I'm going to use Western red cedar. Some people like redwood,
> but I find it too splintery to use for benches.
<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I AM a Finn. My sauna was made with cedar. That lower temp thing for
> aspen or popple is horse-hockey.
Then you ought to know better.
Low density and random fiber direction are the reason, should you stop and
think.
I AM a Finn. My sauna was made with cedar. That lower temp thing for
aspen or popple is horse-hockey. The bad thing about aspen is you'll
get a white mold on the bottom of your seating area. With cedar you
won't.
Above the stove, and behind the seating area, on the ceiling/wall,
make a 45 degree piece to help the steam "roll" around the room. Get
that?
While wood fired stoves are traditional, I have a 8K electric one.
I'm very satisfied with it. Your rocks will never get "cold" with an
electric stove as they will with a wood fired stove.
Try to make your top shelf seating area wide enough for a minimum of
4 people.
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 09:05:08 -0500, [email protected] wrote:
>I AM a Finn. My sauna was made with cedar.
Which cedar ? There's a bunch of them, and some aren't timbers I'd
like to be too close too.
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Tommco) wrote:
>
> In two days I'm going to buy sauna. I've heard that I can choose sauna
> walls to be made of aspen or nordic spruce. Which is better?
> What king of wood is better for seats: abache or aspen?
>
First of all, don't buy a sauna - build one.
My research says that most Finnish saunas use Nordic White Spruce for
the walls.
Abache is the choice of the well-monied for benches, as its speciifc
heat makes for a more comfortable seat - but I don't have the bucks for
that, so I'm going to use Western red cedar. Some people like redwood,
but I find it too splintery to use for benches.